June 2022
Dr. Stanley Freeman is a senior researcher of plant pathology at the Agricultural Research Organization (ARO), The Volcani Center, Israel, where he has worked primarily on fruit crop diseases since 1993. Dr. Freeman obtained his Ph.D in plant pathology from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel in 1991, and was awarded a BARD postdoctoral fellowship to conduct research at the University of California Riverside, USA, from 1991-93. His expertise encompasses the fields of molecular plant-pathogen interactions of Fusarium, Colletotrichum, and other fungal species. Over the past 5 years, he has been involved in identifying fungal pathogens affecting medical cannabis and managing causal agents of disease. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles, 30 articles in conference proceedings, 15 book chapters, and edited two books. He frequently presents his research accomplishments at international conferences, at other scientific meetings, and to local growers. He is the Co-Editor in Chief of the Journal ‘Phytoparasitica‘, and served as the President of the Israeli Phytopathological Society from 2013-2017.